After all…

Magazines can be a ghastly business – most don’t make it past the first issue. The truth is that we have TOO much information right now and I think it’s a fair assessment to say that the newsstands don’t look particularly lean, despite the number of magazine failures. So, do yourself a favor and turn back now.

But, if you’re still hanging on to the dream, he’s got some great advice.

Read more here.

PS Michael’s explanation of the beach ball vs ball bearing can be seen at Seth Godin’s blog here.

Where indy music has a certain cache, self-publishing has a stigma.

But that might change, says the Post, because now writers can get readers before they start publishing, just like musicians can play live venues to get fans before releasing a CD.

From the article:

“Maybe that’s where the parallel is,” Paste’s Jackson says. “You have bands going out and playing live shows, and you, as an author, can congregate an audience through a blog. Bloggers are getting book deals all the time these days, but I think it’ll be interesting to see if bloggers start self-publishing.”